His aggressive and controlling mother made him one of the greatest British painters in the 20th century. LS Lowry is one of the greatest British national painters in the 20th century. His unique painting style is deeply loved by the British people. However, his paintings were ridiculed by art critics in the early days as being from the hands of children, because the characters in his paintings have big heads and thin bodies, just like matchsticks, and are called "matchstick men". Although Lowry's mother, Lady Elizabeth, has been obstructing his artistic career all his life, Lowry's ability to become an excellent painter has to be attributed to his mother. After his father's death, Lowry was responsible for taking care of his bedridden mother. He would wait until she fell asleep before starting to paint in the attic, wholeheartedly and happily. The depressed and unhappy Elizabeth always kept talking about her dissatisfaction and disappointment with her son, but Lowry spent his whole life pursuing how to make his mother happy. His life and his paintings were eager for his mother's recognition. This film is directed by Adrian, the former director of the famous Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Noble directed the film and invited Cannes Film Festival winner Timothy Spall to play the great painter, and Cannes Film Festival winner Vanessa Redgrave to play the controlling mother. The two actors' superb acting skills brought to life the ironic yet humorous mother and son. "The chimneys are lined up and the sky is filled with black smoke. The matchstick man appears alone in the unchanging industrial landscape." Lowry's works record the post-industrial British urban landscape and the alienation of people. Until now, they can still resonate. In his later years, he was recruited by the Royal Society of Arts and Manchester Academy, and his works were sold for a high price of 3.7 million pounds. He repeatedly refused the medals awarded by the British Prime Minister and refused the title of Lord.